Creative Now Therapy, Cris Maria Fort Garcés (she/they)

Depression can feel like heaviness, numbness, or the sense that you’re just going through the motions. I support clients in reconnecting with their emotions, creativity, and purpose. Using an embodied, compassionate approach, we’ll gently uncover what’s beneath the surface and help you build more meaning, energy, and connection in your life, without forcing or rushing your process.

Our energy is tied up in the stories about our anxiety or what we feel is safe or unsafe to step into. We attempt to manage or control the uncontrollable as a way to avoid potential pain points because we were not supported as children to tolerate difficult situations. In therapy, we learn to become more comfortable with the unknown and free up our energy to support what we can do and where our strengths and resources lie in order to live with more agency instead of guessing at the future.

Our energy is tied up in the stories about our anxiety or what we feel is safe or unsafe to step into. We attempt to manage or control the uncontrollable as a way to avoid potential pain points because we were not supported as children to tolerate difficult situations. In therapy, we learn to become more comfortable with the unknown and free up our energy to support what we can do and where our strengths and resources lie in order to live with more agency instead of guessing at the future.

Our energy is tied up in the stories about our anxiety or what we feel is safe or unsafe to step into. We attempt to manage or control the uncontrollable as a way to avoid potential pain points because we were not supported as children to tolerate difficult situations. In therapy, we learn to become more comfortable with the unknown and free up our energy to support what we can do and where our resources lie in order to live with more agency instead of guessing at the future.

Anxiety can show up as overthinking, tension in your body, or a constant sense that something isn’t right. I help sensitive, intuitive clients move from overwhelm to inner calm using somatic therapy, mindfulness, and body-based practices. Together, we’ll work to quiet your inner critic, ease nervous system overload, and help you feel grounded, clear, and more at peace in your daily life.

Somatic therapy brings attention to our body, including sensations, emotions, feelings, & thoughts, and how they interface to generate awareness and change. Many of us have had to survive by (or have been socialized to) diminish the connection to our body. While this was a great solution for us as children, as an adult, we can feel dissatisfied by this disconnection, noting that we feel stuck, anxious or depressed. Somatic therapy can help you feel safer in your body and the world.

I have advanced training in Gestalt therapy, which supports clients in becoming more aware of what they think, feel, and need, in the present moment. I use creative and experiential methods to help clients process stuck emotions, integrate different parts of themselves, and access new insight. This approach is especially powerful for those ready to move beyond talking into deeper self-connection.

Art therapy can assist us in accessing core material that can often slip under the radar in talk therapy. Because it activates a different part of our brain and engages our creativity, we can move out of the experience of stuckness and into visualizing solutions, calming our nervous systems, becoming reacquainted with our strengths, or discovering something new about ourselves or our situation.

Trauma isn’t just what happened, it’s how your body holds the story. I specialize in helping clients gently release the impact of childhood trauma and emotional wounding through somatic therapy, creative expression, and safe connection. You don’t have to relive the past to heal from it. Together, we’ll create space for softness, safety, and a return to wholeness in your body and your life.

I’m deeply trained in somatic psychotherapy, a body-based approach to healing emotional trauma. Rather than just talking about what happened, we tune into how trauma lives in the body and begin to shift it through awareness, movement, and nervous system regulation. I help clients safely reconnect with their bodies, release stuck patterns, and experience real change that’s felt, not forced.

As a trained creative arts therapist, I help clients access healing through image, symbol, and expression, no art skills required. Art therapy allows emotions and inner truths to surface when words fall short. Whether we use drawing, collage, or simple creative prompts, I offer a supportive space for insight, integration, and nervous system regulation through creative exploration.